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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said the party will go to the Punjab Assembly polls with a CM face and the decision on it will be taken soon after consulting party workers.
According to PTI report, Addressing a virtual rally , Gandhi said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu has assured him that whoever is chosen as the CM face, the other will support him. “Normally, we don’t do this but if the Congress party, our workers and Punjab want this, we will take a decision on the CM face,” he said.
“We will take this decision after consulting our workers. Others will work as a team,” he said. The demand for declaring chief ministerial face will be met as soon as possible, Gandhi added.
Rahul said both Channi and Sidhu told him that the biggest question in Punjab is who will lead the Congress in the state.
“Media people call it the chief ministerial candidate. Both Sidhu and Channi gave me an assurance that two people cannot lead and only one can lead. Both told me whoever leads, the other will put all his energy behind him,” said Gandhi.
Earlier in his address, Sidhu said people want clarity who will implement the agenda and roadmap, to which Channi later said he was never after any post and anyone whose name is announced, he will wholeheartedly back the decision.
There is no fight between us. Announce chief minister face for Punjab polls, we (Punjab Congress) will stand united: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi was quoted as saying by ANI
There is no fight between us. Announce chief minister face for Punjab polls, we (Punjab Congress) will stand united: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi said during a gathering where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was also present pic.twitter.com/c3tkX5S408
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2022
Gandhi arrived here in the evening from Amritsar. His arrival here got delayed as he had reached Amritsar three hours behind schedule owing to bad weather.
Meanwhile Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the Golden Temple had one this missing – five party MPs from the Punjab who stayed away triggering speculation that they were upset in run-up to the crucial state Assembly polls. Those missing were MPs Manish Tewari, Jasbir Singh Dimpa, Ravneet Bittu, Mohd Sadiq and Preneet Kaur.
